This article proposes a perspective on civilizational genesis analogous to biospherical genesis: both processes develop not only through internal factors but also under the influence of external events. For the biosphere, such events include meteorite impacts and tectonic changes. For civilization, the actions of other civilizations could play an analogous role. A distinction is introduced between three types of logic: physico-chemical (inanimate nature), biological (living nature), and civilizational (a third logic). The influence of an intelligent agent can not only accelerate or slow down development but also purposefully alter its trajectory. The conditions for the autochthonous (natural) path of civilizational genesis are analyzed. It is shown that this path requires millions of years of stable evolution without catastrophic shocks. However, even the uniquely protected Earth could not provide such conditions: mass extinctions, ice ages, and a possible catastrophe at the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary (~12,000 years ago) coincide with key stages of human development. The hypothesis of induced (external) origin of civilization does not require multi-million-year stability, making it worthy of serious consideration. This does not imply that any observed civilization must be invasive, but the induced scenario deserves equal status alongside the autochthonous one. This article does not prove the reality of external intervention but prepares the reader to consider an alternative point of view. The question remains open for further research. --- Keywords: non-autochthonous civilizational genesis, biospherical genesis, external influences, exocivilizational genesis, induction.
Alexander Yourievitch Kotelnikov (Mon,) studied this question.